Management apparatus and method

Abstract

A management apparatus that manages network devices through a network manages information about network devices registered as management targets and executes a third type task in a case where a new network device satisfying a predetermined condition is found in a search, thereby automatically executing a plurality of tasks for the found network device.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A management apparatus comprising,
 at least one memory storing instructions; and 
 at least one processor executing the instructions causing the management apparatus to: 
 receive a designation related to a license file to be used for enabling software for an image processing apparatus that is to be newly found by a search, after the reception of the designation, on a network; 
 manage the designation as a task; 
 manage setting information other than data of the managed task; and 
 output, as a file, data including the managed setting information other than the data of the managed task. 
 
     
     
       2. The management apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the management apparatus to receive a designation related to condition information that is based on at least one of an Internet Protocol (IP) address, a model name, a serial number and a Media Access Control (MAC) address;
 wherein the condition information is used to find a new image processing apparatus as a target for the designation related to the license file. 
 
     
     
       3. The management apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the designation related to the condition information can be received by importing data from an outside source. 
     
     
       4. The management apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the output file can be imported by another management apparatus. 
     
     
       5. The management apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein a status of the managed task is capable of being switched, based on a user operation, among a working status in which processing that corresponds to the managed task and includes searching for an image processing apparatus that satisfies the condition information is performed and a stop status in which the processing is not performed. 
     
     
       6. The management apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the management apparatus to provide a device list including information of a plurality of image processing apparatuses that are managed by the management apparatus. 
     
     
       7. The management apparatus according to  claim 6 ,
 wherein the instructions further cause the management apparatus to provide a screen for setting an instruction to be executed for one image processing apparatus selected from the device list, and 
 wherein, on the provided screen, a reporting, a firmware update, an edit of setting values or a backup of data is settable as the instruction for the selected image processing apparatus. 
 
     
     
       8. The management apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the management apparatus to receive a third designation related to a timing of the search. 
     
     
       9. The management apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the image processing apparatus has at least one of a scanner and a printer. 
     
     
       10. The management apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the management apparatus to transmit license information based on the license file to the image processing apparatus that is newly found by the search. 
     
     
       11. A method for a management apparatus, comprising:
 receiving a designation related to a license file to be used for enabling software for an image processing apparatus that is to be newly found by a search, after the reception of the designation, on a network; 
 managing the designation as a task; 
 managing setting information other than data of the managed task; and 
 outputting, as a file, data including the managed setting information other than the data of the managed task. 
 
     
     
       12. The method according to  claim 11 , further comprising receiving a designation related to condition information that is based on at least one of an IP address, a model name, a serial number and a MAC address;
 wherein the condition information is used to find a new image processing apparatus as a target for the designation related to the license file. 
 
     
     
       13. The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the designation related to the condition information can be received by importing data from an outside source. 
     
     
       14. The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the output file can be imported by another management apparatus. 
     
     
       15. The method according to  claim 12 , wherein a status of the managed task is capable of being switched, based on a user operation, among a working status in which processing that corresponds to the managed task and includes searching for an image processing apparatus that satisfies the condition information is performed and a stop status in which the processing is not performed. 
     
     
       16. The method according to  claim 11 , further comprising providing a device list including information of a plurality of image processing apparatuses that are managed by the management apparatus. 
     
     
       17. The method according to  claim 16 ,
 further comprising providing a screen for setting an instruction to be executed for one image processing apparatus selected from the device list, and 
 wherein, on the provided screen, a reporting, a firmware update, an edit of setting values or a backup of data is settable as the instruction for the selected image processing apparatus. 
 
     
     
       18. The method according to  claim 11 , further comprising receiving a third designation related to a timing of the search. 
     
     
       19. The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the image processing apparatus has at least one of a scanner and a printer. 
     
     
       20. The method according to  claim 11 , further comprising transmitting license information based on the license file to the image processing apparatus that is newly found by the search. 
     
     
       21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for making a computer execute a method, the method comprising,
 receiving a designation related to a license file to be used for enabling software for an image processing apparatus that is to be newly found by a search, after the reception of the designation, on a network; 
 managing the designation as a task; 
 managing setting information other than data of the managed task; and 
 outputting, as a file, data including the managed setting information other than the data of the managed task. 
 
     
     
       22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to  claim 21 , wherein the method further comprises receiving a designation related to condition information that is based on at least one of an IP address, a model name, a serial number and a MAC address;
 wherein the condition information is used to find a new image processing apparatus as a target for the designation related to the license file. 
 
     
     
       23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to  claim 22 , wherein the designation related to the condition information can be received by importing data from an outside source. 
     
     
       24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to  claim 21 , wherein the output file can be imported by another management apparatus. 
     
     
       25. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to  claim 22 , wherein a status of the managed task is capable of being switched, based on a user operation, among a working status in which processing that corresponds to the managed task and includes searching for an image processing apparatus that satisfies the condition information is performed and a stop status in which the processing is not performed. 
     
     
       26. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to  claim 21 , wherein the method further comprises providing a device list including information of a plurality of image processing apparatuses that are managed by the management apparatus. 
     
     
       27. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to  claim 26 ,
 wherein the method further comprises providing a screen for setting an instruction to be executed for one image processing apparatus selected from the device list, and 
 wherein, on the provided screen, a reporting, a firmware update, an edit of setting values or a backup of data is settable as the instruction for the selected image processing apparatus. 
 
     
     
       28. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to  claim 21 , wherein the method further comprises receiving a third designation related to a timing of the search. 
     
     
       29. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to  claim 21 , wherein the image processing apparatus has at least one of a scanner and a printer. 
     
     
       30. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to  claim 21 , wherein the method further comprises transmitting license information based on the license file to the image processing apparatus that is newly found by the search.